Cross-Sector Team


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The type of collaborative processes we pursue require a unique blend of specialists that we have come to think of as 'pirates, shepherds and sherpas'.

  • Pirates are the explorers, the adventurers, and perhaps the dashing scoundrels (the analogue breaks down right around pillage and plunder).
  • Shepherds are experts at moving large and often unruly groups.
  • Sherpas act as guides (and carry stuff up impossibly high mountains for other people).

Cazneau’s team has been assembled from a cross section of industry, finance and the public sector, specifically to allow it to act as a broker and cross-sector strategy group.  Our staff brings extensive experience in both the private and public sectors: from corporate strategy and operations to international, domestic and local government, from leadership roles at foundations and social investment funds to field work with civil society organizations.  

Opportunities

Cazneau is always on the look out for innovators to join our team.  Please email your resume to cazneau@cazneau.com. 

Cazneau Staff

Jeff Hamaoui

President and Founder

Jeff Hamaoui is an expert in sustainability and public-private partnerships with 15 years’ experience exploring business models and unique approaches to social entrepreneurship. 

Jeff co-founded Origo, Inc. in 1999, and has since positioned himself to work as a cross-sector broker, facilitator, and strategist by working with the U.S. government to formulate public-private partnerships between agencies such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the State Department, NASA and PEPFAR, and the venture community, pension funds and a wide diaspora of companies and foundations.  He spent several years working alongside the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and its 150 Fortune 500 companies looking at strategies for ‘inclusive’ business in emerging markets. This allowed him to consult across industry sectors, including healthcare (Pfizer), telecommunications (Vodafone, Nokia), oil and gas (BP and Chevron), utilities (Eskom, Suez, GE), and finance (Rabobank, Deutschebank, Wells Fargo, GE Financial). 

Jeff sits on the boards of TechSoup Global, and Play Rugby USA.  He received his M.A. in Education from London University and B.A. in Philosophy and Literature from Swansea University.  He is fluent in Spanish and French.

 

Team

Cazneau’s professional ‘connectors’ head Colab projects in key sectors.